Scoring device



Mar ch 14, 1939. K. s'ruTz sconme DEVICE Filed NOV. 16, 1958 Keri 652(227 ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 14, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to scoring devices and has as one of the principal objects thereof the provision of a scoring device equipped with means for indicating the score of games and which is so constructed and arranged as to be rapidly and easily operated.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described which is simple in construction, durable in use, eflicient in operation and economical in manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, appended claims and annexed drawing.

Referring to the drawing wherein like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention, partly in section to illustrate the mounting therefor.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of one of the spaces.

Figure 6 is a sectional View taken on the line B6 of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a side elevation of one of the scoring disks.

Figure 8 is a top elevation of the scoring disk illustrated in Figure '7.

In practicing my invention, I provide a housing 5 of a cylindrical configuration fashioned with open ends and fashioned with spaced windows 6 having communication with oppositely disposed ends of circumferentially extending slots 1. Caps 3 are secured exteriorly of the ends of the housing for closing said ends and are fashioned with bearings 9 above their centers. A shaft [0 extends longitudinally through said housing and the ends of said shaft are mounted Within the bearings 9 and fixed to the latter by Wedge shaped pins H extending through said bearings and the ends of said shaft as clearly illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawing.

Rotatably mounted on the shaft 9, within the housing, is a plurality of disks 12, each of which is provided on the periphery thereof with spaced score indicating indicia l3, for instance, numerals. Each of the disks is provided with a transverse aperture extending therethrough and one end of said aperture is closed by a threaded plug 15. The opposite ends of said apertures M are of a reduced diameter and have slidably mounted therein plungers I6 having outer rounded ends normally extending beyond the sides of the disks. Interposed between the plugs I5 and inner ends of the plungers I6 are coil springs I! for normally urging said plungers outwardly for a purpose hereinafter more fully set forth.

Fixed to said shaft and positioned between adjacent disks and at one end of said housing are circular plates constituting spacers I 8, each of said spacers being fashioned with a number of seats 19 corresponding to the number of indicia 10 arranged on the respective disks. The seats l9 receive therein the outer ends of the plungers l6 whereby to yieldably secure the disks in selected positions and thus position desired indicia within the windows 6. The disks are pro- 15 vided on the periphery thereof with radially extending finger-pegs 20 and of a number corresponding to the number of indicia and said fingerpegs rotatably and progressively extend through the slots II whereby each of said disks may be 20 rotated to a desired position by the fingers.

The under face of the housing is provided with a subjacently extending support member 2|, the lower end of which is recessed and receives therein an extension 22 formed on the upper end of 5 a vacuum cup 23 adapted to engage a support and secure said device in a fixed condition thereon.

As illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, an ashtray is secured to the support member 2| by means of 30 a circularly disposed sleeve 24 integrally and centrally formed with the tray and secured about the lower end of the member 2|.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a simple and readily operated 35 scoring device whereby the score of various games may be indicated by means of the indicia on the disks and viewed through the windows formed in the housing.

It is obvious that the invention is not confined 40 to the herein described use therefor as it may be utilized for any purpose to which it is adaptable.

It is therefore to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific construction as illustrated and described, as the same is only 45 illustrative of the principles of operation which are capable of extended application in advance forms, and that the invention comprehends all construction within the scope of the appended claims. 50

What I claim is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising, a cylindrical shaped housing having open ends and fashioned with spaced windows in one side thereof, caps secured to said ends and closing 5 the latter, said caps fashioned with bearings adjacent their centers, a shaft extending through said bearings and fixed to the latter, a plurality of disks rotatably mounted on said shaft within said housing and provided with spaced score indicia on the periphery thereof, spring pressed plungers mounted in said disks and normally extending laterally thereof, and spacers fixed on said shaft and positioned between adjacent disks, said spacers fashioned with seats for receiving said plungers whereby to yieldably maintain said disks in selected positions for presenting desired indicia within said windows.

2, A device of the character described, comprising, a cylindrical shaped housing having open ends and fashioned with spaced windows in one side thereof, said housing fashioned with oppositely disposed circumferentially extending slots on each side of said windows and in communication with the latter, caps secured to said ends and closing the latter, said caps fashioned with bearings adjacent their centers, a shaft extending through said bearings and fixed to the latter, a plurality of disks rotatably mounted on said shaft within said housing and provided with spaced score indicia on the periphery thereof, spring pressed plungers mounted in said disks and normally extending laterally thereof, and spacers fixed on' said shaft and positioned between adjacent disks, said spacers fashioned with seats for receiving said plun'gers whereby to yieldably maintain said disks in selected positions for presenting desired indicia within said windows, and radially disposed finger-pegs on the peripheries of said disks and progressively extending through said slots whereby said disks are manually operated.

KARL STUTZ. 

